What happens once scammers receive funds from their victims
In this Help Net Security video, Ronnie Tokazowski, Principal Threat Advisor at Cofense, offers insight into the world’s most lucrative cybercrime – business email …
Cybercriminals are scamming each other, tipping off law enforcement
Cybercriminals are scamming each other out of millions of dollars and use arbitration to settle disputes about the scams, according to Sophos. For this report, Sophos experts …
Economic uncertainty will greatly impact the spread of cybercrime
Norton released its top cyber trends to watch in 2023, emphasizing that the economy will have the greatest impact on the spread of cybercrime next year. Experts predict the …
Predatory loan mobile apps grab data, harass users and their contacts
Lookout researchers have discovered nearly 300 Android and iOS apps that trick victims into unfair loan terms, exfiltrate excessive user data from mobile devices, and then use …
Phishing threats are increasingly convincing and evasive
In this Help Net Security video, Tonia Dudley, VP, CISO at Cofense, provides a look at the various changes seen in the phishing threat landscape. Dudley talks about the impact …
Scams targeting crypto enthusiasts are becoming increasingly common
Group-IB has noted a fivefold increase in the number of domains used for crypto giveaway scams that involve fake YouTube streams in the first half of 2022. This Help Net …
Crypto giveaway scams continue to escalate
Group-IB has noted a fivefold increase in the number of domains used for crypto giveaway scams that involve fake YouTube streams in the first half of 2022. In addition to …
How BEC attacks on human capital management systems are increasing
In this Help Net Security video, Jon Hencinski, VP of Security Operations at Expel, talks about how their SOC team has recently observed Business Email Compromise (BEC) …
0ktapus: Twilio, Cloudflare phishers targeted 130+ organizations
Group-IB has discovered that the recently disclosed phishing attacks on the employees of Twilio and Cloudflare were part of the massive phishing campaign that resulted in …
New social engineering tactics discovered in the wild
In this Help Net Security video, Otavio Freire, President and CTO at SafeGuard Cyber, offers insight on new social engineering tactics discovered in the wild, and illustrates …
Escanor malware delivered in weaponized Microsoft Office documents
Resecurity, a Los Angeles-based cybersecurity company protecting Fortune 500 worldwide, identified a new RAT (Remote Administration Tool) advertised in Dark Web and Telegram …
Identity crimes reach all-time high
The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) has published a report that looks at the identity crimes committed against individuals as reported by the victims of those crimes. In …